[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 245 (Thursday, December 22, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76083-76084]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-7671]


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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Upon Written Request, Copies Available from: Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of Filings and Information Services, Washington, DC 
20549.

Extension:
    Rule 12f-1; SEC File No. 270-139; OMB Control No. 3235-0128.

    Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act 
of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the Securities and Exchange 
Commission (``Commission'') is soliciting comments on the collection of 
information summarized below. The Commission plans to submit the 
existing collection of information to the Office of

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Management and Budget for extension and approval.

 Applications for Permission To Reinstate Unlisted Trading 
Privileges

    Rule 12f-1 (the ``Rule''), originally adopted in 1934 pursuant to 
sections 12(f) and 23(a) of the Act and as modified in 1995, sets forth 
the information which an exchange must include in an application to 
reinstate its ability to extend unlisted trading privileges to any 
security for which such unlisted trading privileges have been suspended 
by the Commission, pursuant to section 12(f)(2)(A) of the Act. An 
application must provide the name of the issuer, the title of the 
security, the name of each national securities exchange, if any, on 
which the security is listed or admitted to unlisted trading 
privileges, whether transaction information concerning such security is 
reported pursuant to an effective transaction reporting plan 
contemplated by Rule 601 under the Act, the date of the Commission's 
suspension of unlisted trading privileges in the security on the 
exchange, and any other pertinent information. Rule 12f-1 further 
requires a national securities exchange seeking to reinstate its 
ability to extend unlisted trading privileges to a security to indicate 
that it has provided a copy of such application to the issuer of the 
security, as well as to any other national securities exchange on which 
the security is listed or admitted to unlisted trading privileges.
    The information required by Rule 12f-1 enables the Commission to 
make the necessary findings under the Act prior to granting 
applications to reinstate unlisted trading privileges. This information 
is also made available to members of the public who may wish to comment 
upon the applications. Without the Rule, the Commission would be unable 
to fulfill these statutory responsibilities.
    There are currently eight national securities exchanges subject to 
Rule 12f-1. The burden of complying with Rule 12f-1 arises when a 
potential respondent seeks to reinstate its ability to extend unlisted 
trading privileges to any security for which unlisted trading 
privileges have been suspended by the Commission, pursuant to section 
12(f)(2)(A) of the Act. The staff estimates that each application would 
require approximately one hour to complete. Thus each potential 
respondent would incur on average one burden hour in complying with the 
Rule.
    The Commission staff estimates that there could be as many as eight 
responses annually and that each respondent's related cost of 
compliance with Rule 12f-1 would be $53.55, or, the cost of one hour of 
professional work needed to complete the application. The total annual 
related reporting cost for all potential respondents, therefore, is 
$428.40 (8 responses x $53.55/response).
    Written comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed 
collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of 
the functions of the agency, including whether the information shall 
have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Commission's estimate 
of the burden of the proposed collection of information; (c) ways to 
enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be 
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of 
information on respondents, including through the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology. 
Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted in 
writing within 60 days of this publication.
    Direct your written comments to R. Corey Booth, Director/Chief 
Information Officer, Office of Information Technology, Securities and 
Exchange Commission, Station Place, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 
20549.

    Dated: December 12, 2005.
Jonathan G. Katz,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E5-7671 Filed 12-21-05; 8:45 am]
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